Reply To: Internet's Effects on Talmud Torah

For instance, at high school my Rabbi would give a question and answer session every week on Fridays where students could ask him any question they want and he would answer it. They would ask questions such as “can you celebrate Thanks Giving” “whats the deal with counting Jews” “Crossdressing on Purim” “going to the mikvah on erev shabbos” “can you dance and clap on shabbos” etc.

Now though, with a simple search on yutorah.org Rabbi Aryeh Lebowitz has a halacha series that goes through all of these types of questions so concisely and thoroughly that no high school Rabbi can possibly compete with him. So the once cherished Q & A Fridays are now no longer needed.